February 13th, 2008 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The last hire was made for Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith’s staff as on Wednesday, Glenn Pires was hired as the team’s linebackers coach; Pires was an assistant with the Miami Dolphins for the past 5 years, serving as assistant linebackers coach in 2007. In addition, Pires was the Detroit Lions’ linebackers coach for [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Reynolds Hired to Coach Falcons Defensive Backs
The Falcons have a new defensive backs coach, as the team has hired 15-year NFL assistant Alvin Reynolds. The former Panthers defensive assistant has a history with new Falcons coach Mike Smith, as he worked with him in Jacksonville as their defensive backs coach. Reynolds will work with the Falcons assistant head coach and [...]
Tags: Judge Rules Vick Can Keep Bonus Money
A federal judge in Minnesota overturned a previous ruling by an arbitrator and said that suspended Falcons quarterback Michael Vick does not have to give back 20-million-dollars in signing bonus money he got from the team. Judge David Doty ruled that it would violate the NFL collective bargaining agreement for the Falcons to recover the [...]
